Mat “Wilto” Marquis

@wil

Melee DPS. I’m I wrote I wrote and too, way back when. I make , y'know, when I get a chance.

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Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· 21d

I still can’t believe some of the writing I got away with in this thing.

Screenshot from JavaScript for Everyone, reading:

A useful rule for truthy and falsy is “any substantive value can be coerced to true,” which leaves a short list of falsy values: 0 (and -0), null, undefined, NaN, and the empty string (""). “That’s it,” I say, eyes tight at the corners. “Those are only falsy values in JavaScript proper.” My jaw tightens; a single bead of sweat rolls down my forehead. “That’s all of them.”

Weirding Module:
The Only Falsy Object

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· 22d

Maybe. _MAYBE_.

A screenshot of a "vertical video" layout in OBS. At the bottom, I am giving an exaggerated peace sign. In the background is one of the animated "battle" backgrounds from Earthbound/Mother 2, at the top is an Earthbound-style modal window with JavaScript syntax highlighting, reading:

"use strict";
`Alright, you asked for video. Stay tuned.`

Below it, in a block comment:
This was a good use of my time. The people cry out for Earthbound-themed short-form video JavaScript learning material.

Then, in all-caps:
And I aim to deliver. Reluctantly.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· 27d

Get ready, dorks.

A header bar reading "processing" above thumbnails for the covers of Multipage #1: Headings and #2: Images. Alongside each thumbnail, "product name saddle-stitch booklets" "quantity: 50" and "ordered."

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 30

I assume there will come a day where I can have a passing thought like “you know what would be handy is one of those Elgato teleprompter joints” and it will not be immediately met by thoughts like “YOU MUST BUILD IT. YOU MUST BUILD PROTO MAN, MANKIND’S ONLY HOPE.”

A caseless Raspberry Pi mostly obscured by a screen, tilited toward the viewer, on a weathered workbench strewn with wires. The screen reads "this is a test" in white block letters, mirrored and upside-down, as though intended to be read through a reflection. An NES-themed keyboard sides in front of it.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 25

If I’m taking up archery I’m gonna need an arm guard, and if I need an arm guard I’m not gonna buy some cheap off-the-rack number, and if I’m gonna take the time to craft literal armor, well.

A cut panel of undyed leather, under a maul and swivel knife. In the center is a partially finished leather carving of a bundle of red oak leaves.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 17

I dunno about responsible developers, but I know I am.

Screenshot of the screenshot on https://wil.to/posts/megamanathon-2/, which is aligned to the right, with the accompanying paragraph wrapped around it. The element inspector is open to the styles associated with the `figure` wrapping the image. float: right is highlighted.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 17

_Lest we forget_:

A real-world reproduction of Link’s “Champion’s Leathers” from Tears of the Kingdom, featuring carved and dyed leather armor accurate to the in-game model, chainmail, a travelers bow and the scabbard of the master sword visible on the back, and 3D-printed Zonai accents and rings on the right hand. The eight Zonai energy cells on the belt are glowing a bright green.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 11

Well, if I’m gonna publish something on NPM I need a Yubikey, and if I need a Yubikey I don’t want it hanging out the side of the machine, so there’s really only one sensible use of this, my precious limited time on this Earth.

A Yubikey in a 3D-printed Framework expansion card enclosure, with a hole knocked out for the conductive touch sensor.

The Yubikey expansion card enclosure slotted into the side of a Framework 16.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 9

Alright, might have somethin’ here. Stay tuned.

Screenshot of a terminal window, reading:

wilto@blues: ~/Sites/w-new on main
$ npm run --silent atproto
.well-known file found at ./src/.well-known/site.standard.publication/posts/index.html

Publication
223nhvhpe22k2 https://wil.to/posts already exists.

Documents
223numciw22k2 /automating-standardsite/ created.
223nu7gjd22k2 /implementing-standardsite/ already exists.
223nt3exb22k2 /llemdashes/ already exists.
223nsyskk22k2 /megamanathon-2/ already exists.
223nsgrrj22k2 /soon-we-can-finally-banish-javascript-to-the-shadowrealm/ already exists.
223nrxdf722k2 /googles-prompt-api/ already exists.
223nqygml22k2 /the-end-of-responsive-images/ already exists.
223nh6c4v22k2 /living-in-interesting-times/ already exists.
223my7e7722k2 /the-cloffice/ already exists.
223mdwi2322k2 /the-year-couple-months-of-linux-on-the-desktop/ already exists.

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Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 8

Wayne, his hand between himself and Garth, pointing at Garth in closeup, TV-captioned with "get-a-load of this guy cam"

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 5

No, I know.

A clothing tag reading Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 5

Alright dorks, part two of the Standard.Site Saga coming Monday. I now have the whole deal automated on my little Eleventy site, and you can too.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 4

“It’s good to be back,” he said not-all-that-cryptically.

Cropped screenshot of Markdown file, reading:

console.log( theProxyObject.theProperty );
// Result: "Something else entirely." )

You messed up a perfectly good [[Get]] operation is what you did. Look at it; it's got anxiety.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 4

“So then what happens, right, is that Jaylen Hotdogfingers is incinerated by a Rogue Umpire—” The nurse, nodding patiently, hands me a tiny paper cup containing the medications for my Wack Internet Brain Syndrome. The year is 2040.

Sloppily cropped screenshot of a Markdown file.

"Don't sweat the deep-down internals too much, but you've got the gist of it now, yeah? Good. Now that we know how JavaScript works at is most basal level — now that we've tasted the infinite, seen beyond what we were meant to see and grazed things we were never meant to touch — we're gonna mess with it."

"Tasted the infinite" is highlighted.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· Jun 2

I was not expecting to start the day with my first emergency honeybee swarm rescue, but here we are.

A swarm of honeybees forming a ball on a head-height grapevine. Below them is a stepladder and a white plastic "nuc" box.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· May 29

That's more like it.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· May 29

Remember that scene in Die Hard where John McClane unspools the fire hose on the roof and ties it around his waist while muttering “oh, John, what the fuck are you _doing_” followed by a string of nearly-unintelligible curses, moments before making what is — by any measure — a very unsafe decision?

Close-cropped screenshot of a Markdown file's frontmatter. Title: New Game+. Tags: js4e.

Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil· May 28

I’ve only just now noticed that my “dark mode” theme has been redacting all the codeblocks in my newsletter archives, which might be an improvement, honestly: